KaZbek spotted this flaming car on the ramp from Rte. 2 west to Rte. 128 in Lexington around 3:30 p.m.
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By adamg - 4/5/21 - 9:50 am
Heather Hegedus at WFXT reported on traffic delays in two areas this morning: There was a car fire on 128 south in Lexington and there was a couch in the road on Rte. 2 west in Arlington.
By adamg - 1/4/17 - 9:11 am
There's probably a good reason why the pedestrian bridge over Rte. 2 at the Arlington/Belmont line is packed with all the old Christmas trees that David Weininger spotted this morning.
By adamg - 8/26/16 - 12:40 pm
Wicked Local Cambridge reports Lanes & Games will be open for at least another year before it's torn down for residential buildings.
By adamg - 8/23/16 - 10:27 pm
Cambridge officials and residents this week consider a developer's plans to replace the Lanes & Games bowling alley on Rte. 2 with two "multistory elevated residential structures" to be called the Residences at Alewife Station. Read more.
By adamg - 4/2/16 - 12:07 am
The Littleton Fire Department shows us what happens when a truck carrying potatoes rolls over and gets mashed against a guardrail, in this case on Rte. 2 eastbound at 495 Friday afternoon.
H/t Rick, who surmises the driver didn't keep his eyes peeled.
By adamg - 1/23/15 - 11:10 pm
State Police report on a bizarre collision in Arlington shortly before 7 p.m. that injured two. According to State Police:
By adamg - 9/9/14 - 8:30 am
It's a bit hard to tell from the photo, but Dendanator assures us that, yes, an old lady was driving down Rte. 2 this morning in a car full of live sheep.
Earlier:
Turkey in a car on I-95.
By adamg - 9/11/13 - 10:04 am
A pickup by Rte. 128 was on FIYAH around 9:30 a.m., as Ryan Toohill discovered. State Police shut the road to so firefighters could fight the fire.
Jenrad, who got stuck in the resulting gridlock, took a photo, in part to show her boss why she was late for work:
By adamg - 3/15/10 - 1:20 am
MORNING UPDATE: The Muddy River dropped below flood stage overnight (graph), so it looks like Riverside service is back. But looks like the Red Line between Ashmont and Fields Corner has been knocked out by flooding. Also, the main road through Franklin Park is shut, mhowardkarp reports.
In general, of course, but more specifically at:
By adamg - 9/9/09 - 8:52 am
Channel 5 alerts us that at least one swimmer down on the Cape seemed determined to recreate the Jaws poster:
... "[The shark] sensed that swimmer in the water from a quarter of a mile away. And we all know that sharks have these extra-sensory ways of seeking their prey and this was visual proof to me," Breen said. ..
In other menacing news, Channel 5 also reports a rogue manhole cover attacked several cars on Rte. 2 in Lincoln this morning.
By adamg - 12/21/08 - 10:44 am
Halley recounts her commute home on Friday afternoon from Lexington to Arlington via 128 and 2:
... Next was Rt. 2, a big toboggan run disguised as a highway. Again, people were slaloming along at a fairly reasonable pace and then some unfortunate blockhead would stop dead in front of you for no clear reason, or some ass in a warlike fashion would fly past you in their SUV making you eat their slush. As the hill got really steep around Arlington Heights and the Park Ave exit, I saw a bunch of cars just stopping in mid-highway. The visibility was so lousy, I couldn't see what was ahead of them ... they looked like they'd all stopped dead to look at dinosaurs suddenly crossing the highway or something equally shocking. At that steep height, like a bunch of kids in line at the pool's high diving board deciding they didn't really want to jump, they looked ... scared. ...
By adamg - 12/4/08 - 7:56 am
Stephanie Ebbert's lead on this story about a state trooper on Rte. 2 and a woman in labor both sums it up and makes you want to read more:
All too often, the congested roads of Greater Boston conspire with the vagaries of childbirth to leave a mother-to-be in a car on the roadside at one of life's most critical moments. A hard-bitten state trooper shows up and morphs into a highway midwife, clearing the newborn's nose and mouth, cutting the cord, and sometimes even saving a life.
This is not one of those stories.
By adamg - 10/24/08 - 11:38 am
The Worcester Telegram reports State Police had to euthanize a 200-pound wild Russian boar hit by a car on Rte. 2 in Lancaster:
... Mr. Hall said he was surprised because wild boars are not supposed to be found in Massachusetts. ...
By adamg - 1/27/07 - 8:05 pm
Jo drives by yet another awful car wreck on Rte. 2 near the 128 interchange - the third one she's seen in a year.
By tindall - 1/5/07 - 4:31 pm
A driver of a purple VW yesterday on Rt 2 heading West about 8 am hit my car intentionally watch me spin around out of control and into the jersey barrier twice then get launched into the woods.
THEN LEFT THE SCENE.
I was injured and unable to help myself. But the driver of the VW did not stop.
Anyone who has information leading to the capture of this fugitive will recieve a reward. Contact myself or the Lincoln police department and I will send you money for the reward.
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